Official Russian Election Interference Thread

[Newenglanddeac]

LOL.

 

[RJKarl]

And which prove Donnie was colluding with Wikileaks (a Russian agent)...

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

LOL.

Wow that didn't take long to backfire...

 

[WakeForestRanger]

 

[dartsndeacs]

If they didn't do anything wrong, NBD, right? Lets investigate everyone #draintheswamp.

 

[DeaconSig]

Wow that didn't take long to backfire...

This is obviously bullshit. Brad told us The Atlantic was #fakenews. And Brad clearly knows of what he speaks.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

LOL.

I dare Sessions/Trump to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary. After Trump's public flogging of Sessions to investigate crooked Hillary and the Dems, this would look extremely political and could likely be seen as an abuse of power....which is...wait for it...another impeachable offense (how many are we up to?).

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Ben Wittes is writing a good analysis of this story on twitter right now.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Also it appears that a portion of the Republicans' request/rationale for a special counsel was literally crowdsourced from the Donald subreddit.

But you do you House GOP. Go forth and investigate.

A GOP STAFFER CROWDSOURCED AN ANTI-CLINTON RESOLUTION FROM REDDIT

"Thursday night, three Twitter users discovered that a staffer for one of the resolution’s sponsors attempted to crowdsource a number of the resolution's salient points from r/The_Donald, a subreddit notorious for playing host to unfounded conspiracy theories and anti-Islam tendencies. In other words, not a conventional source of legislative inspiration."

https://www.wired.com/story/republican-staffer-the-donald-resolution/amp

 

[Wakeforest22890]

opcorn:

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Hmmmm I have a feeling Pence will regret making this statement.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

 

[Newenglanddeac]

On Aug. 3 of last year, just as the US presidential election was entering its final, heated phase, the Russian foreign ministry sent nearly $30,000 to its embassy in Washington. The wire transfer, which came from a Kremlin-backed Russian bank, landed in one of the embassy’s Citibank accounts and contained a remarkable memo line: “to finance election campaign of 2016.”

That wire transfer is one of more than 60 now being scrutinized by the FBI and other federal agencies investigating Russian involvement in the US election. The transactions, which moved through Citibank accounts and totaled more than $380,000, each came from the Russian foreign ministry and most contained a memo line referencing the financing of the 2016 election.

 

[Newenglanddeac]

Grassley: Trump Jr.’s exchanges with WikiLeaks ‘very innocuous’

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Tuesday the exchanges between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks prior to the 2016 presidential election seem “very innocuous.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/360400-grassley-trump-jrs-exchanges-with-wikileaks-very-innocuous

“I read those emails. He only responded to two or three of them, and they were very innocuous. So I don’t even know why you’d be asking about him if you read them,” Grassley told CNN.



Grassley...what a patriot.

 

[wakephan09]

This is pretty hilarious. Russians publish satellite photo proof that US Forces in Syria were allowing ISIS militants to pass unobstructed. Turns out the photo is a still-frame from a video game for cell phones.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...&utm_term=.14cfe500d902&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

 

[MHBDemon]

On Aug. 3 of last year, just as the US presidential election was entering its final, heated phase, the Russian foreign ministry sent nearly $30,000 to its embassy in Washington. The wire transfer, which came from a Kremlin-backed Russian bank, landed in one of the embassy’s Citibank accounts and contained a remarkable memo line: “to finance election campaign of 2016.”

That wire transfer is one of more than 60 now being scrutinized by the FBI and other federal agencies investigating Russian involvement in the US election. The transactions, which moved through Citibank accounts and totaled more than $380,000, each came from the Russian foreign ministry and most contained a memo line referencing the financing of the 2016 election.

At best, this seemed to be sensationalized reporting. Buried in the story was that these were for non US elections:

Much as checks include a memo line, wire transfers often include a note that states what the money is for. The note on this set of transfers did not indicate what election the money was to be used for, or even the country. Seven nations had federal elections during the span when the funds were sent — including the Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament.

#nothingburger

 

[wakephan09]

Why would Russian banks send money to the US to help fund their own Parliamentary elections? Makes you wonder.

 

[Bubble Boy]

Why would Russian banks send money to the US to help fund their own Parliamentary elections? Makes you wonder.

Better airline miles?